Framing the “Other”: The Exhibition of Diversity at Tbilisoba 2023
At the end of September, the air in Abanotubani – Tbilisi’s historic bath district – thickens with the scent of wood smoke and grilling meat. The city is celebrating Tbilisoba, its annual cultural festival. According to the popular national tourist website, Georgian Travel Guide, visitors here can “encounter not only the traditions of Georgia but […]
Thursdays are for Searches: The Russian Repression Calendar in Occupied Crimea
Authoritarian control follows a grim calculus. The literature on state repression shows that coercion is not random but operates under a highly strategic logic. Russia’s repressive campaign in its occupied territories in Ukraine is no exception. Shortly after the illegal occupation and annexation of Crimea in February and March 2014, the Russian authorities established a […]
BLOG Post: Half a Million Voices: Mainstreaming the Ustaša Legacy at Thompson’s Zagreb Concert
Author: Katarina Damčević (IOS) In: Hypotheses – ostBLOG Published online: 9 July 2025 MORE INFO
BLOG Post: Echoes of Grief, Whispers of Responsibility: Three Decades After Srebrenica
Author: Nikola Gajić (IOS) In: Hypotheses – ostBLOG Published online: 16 July 2025 READ FULL TEXT ON IOS
ARTICLE: Labour Unrest in the Context of Multiple Crises: a Comparative Perspective of Europe
Author: Ivaylo Dinev (ZOiS), Massimiliano Andretta, Paola Imperatore, Noah Vangeel, Karolien Lenaerts, Ciprian Panzaru, Gabriela Negoița, Christina Korkontzelou, Dimitra Kofti, Rositsa Makelova & Lyuboslav Kostov. Published: 07 October 2025 In: Social Movement Studies, pp. 1–19 READ FULL TEXT
ZOiS SPOTLIGHT: When Protest Becomes a Mode of Politics
Author: Ivaylo Dinev (ZOiS) ZOiS Spotlight 17/2025 Published online: 24 September 2025 READ FULL TEXT ON ZOiS
The Story of Discuss Data – a Unique Data Hub for Scholars Working on Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia
The name Olimpiy Kvitkin is not known to many people. But his fate illustrates why a platform like Discuss Data – a repository for archiving, sharing and discussing research data on Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia – is needed today more than ever since the fall of the USSR. Kvitkin was Stalin’s leading […]
BLOG Post: Ethnography in the Shadow of Authoritarianism: Field Research in Azerbaijan
Author: Aneta Strzemżalska In: Across the Caucasus – The JENA-CAUC Blog Published online: August 2025 MORE INFO
BOOK: Das Phantom der alten Grenze am Zbruč
Author: Sabine von Löwis (ZOiS) Wallstein: 2025. Phantomgrenzen im östlichen Europa; Bd. 7 MORE INFO
ZOiS SPOTLIGHT: Armenia’s Uncertain Path to Europe
Authors: Tsypylma Darieva and Paul Wernig (both ZOiS) ZOiS Spotlight 15/2025 Published online: 30 July 2025 READ FULL TEXT ON ZOiS